Yes, it runs Linux (you didn’t hink they were shipping it with Windows on it, did you?). Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo should all have support. I don’t know about Arch.
Not in the way you’re hoping for. Proton is a wine offshoot, which means it’s exclusive to x86 and x86_64 arches. You could perhaps get it to run by installing qemu and setting it up to run x86_64 binaries, but even if that worked you’d likely end up with single-digit FPS in most games.
Based on what Gentoo currently has keyworded, you should be able to get a solid useful desktop—KDE or Gnome (or sway, if that’s your preference), Firefox, Libreoffice, Gimp, VLC, and other popular basics—but I wouldn’t expect games or other proprietary software for a while yet, if ever.
does it run Linux? I’m waiting for a good low power CPU laptop that I can install a standard distro on. preferably arch…
It does run Linux, but it would probably more precise to say it walks Linux.
Yes, it runs Linux (you didn’t hink they were shipping it with Windows on it, did you?). Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo should all have support. I don’t know about Arch.
Once there is Debian support, would it just run all software that Debian runs ie steam proton?
Not in the way you’re hoping for. Proton is a wine offshoot, which means it’s exclusive to x86 and x86_64 arches. You could perhaps get it to run by installing qemu and setting it up to run x86_64 binaries, but even if that worked you’d likely end up with single-digit FPS in most games.
Based on what Gentoo currently has keyworded, you should be able to get a solid useful desktop—KDE or Gnome (or sway, if that’s your preference), Firefox, Libreoffice, Gimp, VLC, and other popular basics—but I wouldn’t expect games or other proprietary software for a while yet, if ever.
Not just Linux, but also FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Not sure about NetBSD.
Check the destro of your choice to see if it’s supported.